Man convicted of touching woman’s hair on D.C. Metro faces similar case in Arlington

A man accused of touching multiple women’s hair without their consent on the Metro has been released from jail in D.C., but is now in custody in Arlington.

Bryan Betancur, 29, is set for a bench trial in General District Court on Oct. 27, Kara Simon, a spokesperson for the Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, told ARLnow.

The trial for a single charge of assault and battery will concern the second of two occasions on which Betancur is accused of filming himself stroking a woman’s hair while on public transit…

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